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The Structure of Chloritoid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

G. W. Brindley  and
F. W. Harrison
G. W. Brindley
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
F. W. Harrison
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
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Abstract

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A summary is given of a structure analysis of chloritoid. The structure contains continuously linked octahedral sheets cross-linked by discrete SiO4 units. Comparisons are made with mica structures and with corundum.

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Clays and Clay Minerals (National Conference on Clays and Clay Minerals) , Volume 2: Publication 327, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, October 15-17, 1953 , February 1953 , pp. 360 - 363
Copyright
Copyright © Clay Minerals Society 1953

Footnotes

This work was carried out in the Physics Laboratories, The University of Leeds, England.

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